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winter cress

DEFINITIONS OF: winter cress

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n any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

Synonyms:
St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass
Types:
American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress
of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
Type of:
cress, cress plant
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

n cress cultivated for winter salads

Type of:
cress
pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
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